Valentine’s Day is celebrated all over the world. This event-full day is giving people the chance to show their ample gratitude to their most treasured loved ones. May it be their parents, lovers or partners in life. 

We all celebrate this through giving flowers, chocolates, going out to dinner dates and in any imaginable way just to express our love to the special people in our lives. Most of the people on this very day are in their Romantic mode. All the cheesy, crazy ideas are brought to life just to surprise their partners or to some to make a good impression to get a date.

But, out of this day I began  to think. Why is it that most people only do these things just for one day? Why do we do something special to our loved ones only in a day?

Valentine’s has its own unique meaning, and if we  truly believe in it. Celebrating Valentine’s everyday in our own simple but special way, we can let out loved ones feel that we don’t only let them experience Valentine’s once a year but, the whole year round.

Before age ten!

It was the night before valentines day, not a heart was beating not even a mouse.
The next morning it was valentines day and I was up at 5:00 in the morning making some valentines day cards and some one gave me a card that said have a good day, from your secrete Aymer so she asked every girl and they all said no no no so she asked every boy and they all said no no no she asked Matt he also said no so she figured out it must be from out of town. She thought a minute and realized she knew every one from out of town so she never did find out who it was from.

The transition between time  thoughts. My thoughts of what was written above.
Really it was the night before type story how does a heart not beat what kind of kid was I thinking that a heart did not beat, also I got this card where in the heck did I get the card from was it from my school or did it come in the mail? Plus how in the world do I know every one from out of town, there are tons of towns and states wow what was I thinking.

The now story

Welcome to the night before valentines day this is the day where we all flock the stores buying last minute gifts for our sweethearts, and valentines for the kids to take to school in the morning. But when morning comes you forget that its valentines and then the kids go to school and come home crying  cause they dint get a card from any one and the whole day drags on and you can’t go out for dinner because the sitter is sick and then things change and its a new day and your so glad that day only comes once a year.

Just got wind of the fact that Triond has fallen in love. It’s Valentine’s day, you know, and the spirit of St Valentine’s touched them too! It’s all mushy…cuddly bears,chocolate,candy and pretty pink hearts. Oh! And not forgetting the traditional theme of today. Yeah! It’s Red Roses and love poems all the way…For Triond is in Love today.

My newsfeed is full of Valentine  and Love…it’s contagious! I’ve just passed on my greetings to friends out here(got some of your names in there too http://socyberty.com/holidays/a-very-happy-valentines-day-to-my-friends-on-triond/). And I know I should get down to some serious writing but my heart is flying…

Oh love, it’s such a fantastic feeling!

And this is the gift Triond gives to me…

I mean, I know I would like it to be a lot of other things.

I haven’t forgotten that their door is still tightly shut  to us – it’s writers. We haven’t got anything yet.

No better earnings.

No improvements in publication screening.

No answer from get satisfaction.

Nothing…but still I feel so happy to be here today and share with so many people in just so many different corners of the world the beautiful feeling of love. Triond gives me that platform to express and share…here,there, everywhere. Almost anywhere in the world.

I am so grateful to you Triond and to all my friends here for this wonderful gift – love and joy!

A Very Happy valentine’s Day to you’ll.

I don’t know how long our bond will  last…

Thank you for the moments you’ve given me.

Enriching my life,

Adding  to my joys!

Lifting me from despair and encouraging me to forge on.

Without YOU I wouldn’t be able to say-

I LOVE YOU TRIOND.

A Very Happy Valentine’s Day To My Friends on Triond
This is for you, everyone of you(who have given me views, likes and comments and also taken the time to message me)…All the names can’t come to mind-pat. But certain few linger on:Sheilanewton, Dora77,Vickylass,safa,girishpuriRosettaartist1,Nightsleeper,NidhiRai, indianwriting,coffeeadictShelpeare,PhillyDreamer,ImKarn23Martin Kloess, SharikaMcFarlane,Kristie Claar, Ruby Hawk,mphsglo, erwinkennythomas,viyanths,lucia anna,dodolbete,Eunike,castlebounbook,Karen Gross,Bruce Officer,Swidbert,Sharon L. West,mdrkarim7,aheed11,Margaret Boseroy,neopisiva,AmosTheCat,Vinaya Ghimire,Angelji,Jay F. Samson,Stephaniemorris,dazzlejazzWrath Warbonesocleva24,Ixodoi,Zulfikar,jotomy,lauralu 
HAVE A GREAT DAY! HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY WITH TONS AND TONS OF LOVE from avissado

Valentine’s Day is tomorrow and many women are surely excited about this event. Sadly, most of the guys manage to celebrate this special day by exerting a little amount of effort for their significant other. This article will help guys how to prepare or set-up a memorable Valentine date that their women will never forget.

First step of preparation is fixing yourself. Try cleaning up a bit extra before the night. You can buy a new shirt if you like or something that you do not wear on an ordinary day. This will give the impression that you treating this day special for her.

Before picking her up, stopping by to buy flowers is also a great idea. A dozen of roses are the most usual but you can try other kinds, but the best would be to know what type of flower/s your girl like.

Exerting extra efforts like popping a breath mint will also not hurt, a women pay attention to these little details and she will surely love it once she smell the mint. If you have a car to pick her up, be a gentleman and open the door for her, give her a kiss and hand her the flowers, whichever comes first, it’s all up to you.

If you are eating in a restaurant, make sure you have made reservation at least a week before the date so that you will have a sure table when you come. Choose a restaurant that is not loud and crowded, so you can hear each other better. Choose also a place with low-light ambiance because that is where women feel most attractive in, like a candle-lit environment.

Be extra attentive with her during your meal, ask her how she thinks about the food, if her wine glass is filled, and give compliments to her once in a while. Just give focus on her, this will make her feel so special and would be excited to tell her friends about.

After your meal and asking for the bill, ask her first how she feels about the night, then head to anywhere you want to spend the rest of your date with.

OK, so if you agree you need to do something different this time, this is our top ten of romantic gestures for Valentine’s:

• 1. Write him or her a love poem. The point is, it doesn’t have to be really good (though we hear Shakespeare enjoyed a very active love life), it just has to be written from the heart, especially for him or her from you.
• 2. Cook a special dinner and, when he or she walks in from work, let them find a special Valentine’s menu pinned on the wall by the front door, just like you’d find outside a really cool restaurant;
• 3. Print a picture of the two of you. Don’t just leave those wonderful holiday snaps on your camera or computer like we all do, after a bit of photoshop work on a picture of the two of you, print it off and put it in a nice frame for him/her;
• 4. Book her/him a spa day at a local hotel for that ultimate pampering experience;
• 5. Leave dozens of ‘I love you’ notes around the house in places you know she/he will find them;
• 6. If you decide to buy him/her a special little gift for Valentine’s, such as a piece of jewellery or a watch, put it in the box of their favourite breakfast cereal so they shake out the surprise into their bowl in the morning;
• 7. Do you have a special ‘our song’? Serenade her/him with it. This could be on the phone to where she/he works, at the front door just after ringing the bell or from the garden up to the bedroom window. Use your imagination!
• 8. Take him/her out on a surprise mystery trip; it could be for a walk in the country, a nice meal or maybe just a movie;
• 9. The night before Valentine’s, put an ‘I love you’ banner on the roadside on the way he/she drives to work;
• 10. Set up a surprise home massage parlour. Get the table, the oils, the towels and the robe all ready and promise him or her the best massage in town!

Well then, what are doing still sitting here looking at your screen when you should only have eyes for your loved one?

You do really dig her, though, and you want to impress her, and give her something really cool, something that might even make her squeal with delight, because hey, it is Valentine’s Day and romance can be pretty damned cool, and she’s cute when she squeals with delight. So what can you do that’s the right amount of “You’re pretty wonderful” and “It’s not a ring, stop visualizing bridesmaid dresses” , you’re wondering?

Now, you could, if you have a chance, sneak around in her home dressed all in black like a ninja, doing things such as, say, checking out perfume bottles, sizes of lingerie and shoes, jotting down the names from the sides of saved shopping bags out of the closet and so forth… but, these things take time, not to mention they are very risky activities that one cannot partake in during the fragile beginnings of a relationship, lest one be branded a dangerous stalker. And once you are branded a Dangerous Stalker, well, it makes it harder to get reservations for that Valentine’s Night dinner. Something about “Two for Dangerous Stalker” is off-putting to most fine dining establishments, though no one quite knows why.

So to save you this trauma, I am here to help. Let’s begin, shall we?

♥Buy her costume jewelry. Something cute and sweet. But be sure to include some chocolates. For balance. Cause that way it will take her mind off the fact that she didn’t just get a diamond.

♥You don’t know her sizes, but you want to get her lingerie. Is she tall, petite? Slender, curvy? Stacked, not so stacked? Tell the salesperson. If her breasts can fit in the palm of your hand, she’s probably an A cup. If she overflows just a bit, probably a B. If she’s a good handful, she’s a C. And if you have to spread your fingers to hang on and you still don’t have full coverage, that’s a D. (If anyone can explain this in a more efficient way, feel free to write in and correct me. I figured that you’d enjoy visualizing this more than fruit, however.) I have to say, though, as with most other things on the list, the path of least resistance is the ever popular gift card. Get her one from Amazon and she can choose from tons of different lingerie retailers. But make sure you mark down that the gift card is for lingerie, lest it be spent on 

♥With stockings, generally petite through 5′9″ is one size. 5′10″ and up is Tall.  5′7″ or so and 190lbs or more is Queen (or roundabouts there I think, I’m taking a guess, I know it’s a lot larger and goes up higher, that number is a low point).

♥Perfume: A few perfumes that you cannot go wrong with – Most women will adore the smell of Issey Miyake’s L’eau D’Issey Eau D’Parfum. It has a nice blend of florals along with an undertone of light woods. It is beautiful and smells very elegant and luxurious. She will feel like a princess. Issey Miyake makes a Florale one also that is wonderful. Either of these will make your gal feel incredibly special. If she is in her early twenties or so, Juicy Couture’s original fragrance is a great choice as well. Another favorite of the young set is Davidoff’s Cool Water for women. And if you really want to be romantic, you can get her Creed’s Love in Black, which was originally developed exclusively for Jackie Onassis. (But you have to be sure to tell her the tale – and why not get her a Chanel suit and pillbox hat while you’re at it?

♥Shoes: Never try to guess a lady’s shoe size. Shoes run so differently, and an ill-fitting shoe can cause serious foot problems down the road. Better: Give your gal a beautiful box of handmade chocolates (check Etsy for some amazing sellers – some may be able to overnight their wares!) or in a pinch some Godiva or Ghiradelli from the mall, and tuck a gift card to DSW in the box. She can pick out her own shoes, and try them on first to make sure they are a perfect fit. And you know the old saying, “Give a woman shoes, and you have a friend for life.” Wait, that’s not an old saying? Well, it certainly should be.

♥Other gifts of luxury: Consider things like spa days, day cruises, mani-pedi gift certificates, his & hers massage dates, hair salon gift cards (careful with that one – don’t give her just a hair cut or “get your roots done” card, or your gift may backfire on your and you’ll have a mighty offended girl on your hands – and the amount of offense increases exponentially with the amount of candy that the holiday is associated with, so yep, that’s a lot of offense. Walk softly and carry a well-stocked gift card. Again, tucked inside a gift box of (her favorite kind) of chocolates would be really good. (Does she like milk chocolate? Have you heard her wax rhapsodic about white chocolate? When she gets it for herself, what does she get? Assuming you’ve seen her do this. Just a simple thing like knowing what kind of chocolate is her favorite can score major “This guy is incredible and deserves (fill in the naughty blank)” points. Though of course that’s not why you’re giving gifts. But you wouldn’t cry, would you?

Hopefully this has given you some ideas you wouldn’t have had otherwise, and you’ve got enough love ammo to cook up an idyllic day of gift-giving that will enhance your budding relationship with that special female with whom Cupid has graced you.

Happy Valentine’s Day! ♥

What does Islam say?

Deceptive commercials and cultural propaganda present an ugly practice of paganism (mushrik) as if it were some beautiful festival of love – and all the time the devil is laughing at believers who listen to his whispers.

A group of practices considered as the twin sister of bid’ah(misguided innovations). Like bid’ah these flourish on . . .

 . .  ignorance and outside influence. Like bid’ah they entail rituals. But unlike bid’ah the rituals have not been given an Islamic face. They are followed because they are considered an acceptable cultural practice or the hottest imported “in” thing.

Most of those who indulge in them do not know what they are doing. They are just blind followers of their equally blind cultural leaders. Little do they realize that what they consider as innocent fun may in fact be rooted in paganism. That the symbols they embrace may be symbols of unbelief. That the ideas they borrow may be products of superstition. That all of these may be a negation of what Islam stands for.

Consider Valentine’s Day, a day that after dying out a well deserved death in most of Europe (but surviving in Britain and United States of America) has suddenly started to emerge across a good swath of Muslim countries. Who was Valentine? Why is this day observed? Legends abound, as they do in all such cases, but this much is clear: Valentine’s Day began as a pagan ritual started by Romans in the 4th century BCE to honour the god Lupercus. T

he main attraction of this ritual was a lottery held to distribute young women to young men for “entertainment and pleasure” – until the next year’s lottery. Among other equally despicable practices associated with this day was the lashing of young women by two young men, clad only in a bit of goatskin and wielding goatskin thongs, who had been smeared with blood of sacrificial goats and dogs. A lash of the “sacred” thongs by these “holy men” was believed to make them better able to bear children.

As usual, Christianity tried, without success, to stop the evil celebration of Lupercalia. It first replaced the lottery of the names of women with a lottery of the names of the saints. The idea was that during the following year the young men would emulate the life of the saint whose name they had drawn. (The idea that you can preserve the appearance of a popular evil and yet somehow turn it to serve the purpose of virtue, has survived.

Look at all those people who are still trying, helplessly, to use the formats of popular television entertainments to promote good. They might learn something from this bit of history. It failed miserably) Christianity ended up doing in Rome, and elsewhere, as the Romans did. 

The only success it had was in changing the name from Lupercalia to St. Valentine’s Day. It was done in CE 496 by Pope Gelasius, in honour of some Saint Valentine.

There are as many as 50 different Valentines in Christian legends. Two of them are more famous, although their lives and characters are also shrouded in mystery. According to one legend, and the one more in line with the true nature of this celebration, St. Valentine was a “lovers’” saint, who had himself fallen in love with his jailer’s daughter.

Due to serious troubles that accompanied such lottery, French government banned the practice in 1776. In Italy, Austria, Hungry, and Germany also the ritual vanished over the years. Earlier, it had been banned in England during the 17th century when the Puritans were strong. However in 1660 Charles II revived it. From there it also reached the New World, where enterprising Yankees spotted a good means of making money. Esther A. Howland, who produced one of the first commercial American Valentine’s Day cards called – what else – valentines, in the 1840s, sold $5,000 worth – when $5,000 was a lot of money – the first year. The valentine industry has been booming ever since.

It is the same story with Halloween, which has otherwise normal human beings dressing like ghosts and goblins in a reenactment of an ancient pagan ritual of demon worship. Five star hotels in Muslim countries arrange Halloween parties so the rich can celebrate the superstitions of a distant period of ignorance that at one time even included the shameful practice of human sacrifice. The pagan name for that event was Samhain (pronounced sow-en). Just as in the case of Valentine’s Day, Christianity changed its name, but not the pagan moorings.

Christmas is another story. Today Muslim shopkeepers sell and shoppers buy Christmas symbols in Islamabad or Dubai or Cairo. To engage in a known religious celebration of another religion is bad enough. What is worse is the fact that here is another pagan celebration (Saturnalia) that has been changed in name – and in little else – by Christianity.

Even the celebration considered most innocent might have pagan foundations. According to one account, in pagan cultures, people feared evil spirits – especially on their birthdays. It was a common belief that evil spirits were more dangerous to a person when he or she experienced a change in their daily life, such as turning a year older. So family and friends surrounded the person with laughter and joy on their birthdays in order to protect them from evil.

How can anyone in his right mind think that Islam would be indifferent to practices seeped in anti-Islamic ideas and beliefs? Islam came to destroy paganism in all its forms and it cannot tolerate any trace of it in the lives of its followers.

Further, Islam is very sensitive about maintaining its purity and the unique identity of its followers. Islamic laws and teachings go to extra lengths to ensure it. Salat (Prayers) is forbidden at the precise times of sunrise, transition, and sunset to eliminate the possibility of confusion with the practice of sun worship. To the voluntary recommended fast on the tenth of Muharram, Muslims are required to add another day (9th or 11th) to differentiate it from the then prevalent Jewish practice. Muslims are forbidden to emulate the appearance of non-Muslims.

A Muslim is a Muslim for life. During joys and sorrows, during celebrations and sufferings, we must follow the one straight path – not many divergent paths. It is a great tragedy that under the constant barrage of commercial and cultural propaganda from the forces of globalization and the relentless media machine, Muslims have begun to embrace the Valentines, the Halloween ghost, and even the Santa Claus. Given our terrible and increasing surrender to paganism the only day we should be observing is a day of mourning. Better yet it should be a day of repentance that could liberate us from all these days.

Please Forward it to other Muslim brothers and sisters to stop them from practicing such bid’ah… It is our duty as a Muslim and a Human being to spread the knowledge of our deen.May ALLAH forgive us for the sins we do consciously or unconsciously.. A’ameen 

Original Source: http://islamnewsroom.com/news-we-need/643-valentinesdaynoway2

Valentine’s Day is upon us. Time to pull out all the stops for a romantic day. A little romance now and again does a relationship good. For those relationships that aren’t romantic in nature, Valentine’s Day can become a day for letting the other what they mean to us, by giving them a bit of a treat.

For Your Significant Other

Valentine’s Day treats for significant others don’t need to cost a fortune. They just need to mean something to the both of you. Ideas for this could include getting a baby sitter for the kids and having a romantic evening at home. By the way, it doesn’t have to occur on the official day. Why not plan it for the weekend since Valentine’s lands on a weekday? That way they can spend Saturday night at someone else’s house.

The romantic dinner should include a dinner that both of you enjoy preparing and eating together like steak, baked potatoes and a salad or lobster, steamed veggies and dinner rolls and maybe some chocolate covered strawberries for dessert. Or order out your favorite meal and serve it up on the good china, by candlelight, with a fire in the fireplace. The point is, you don’t have to spend a fortune going out and you don’t have to stand in long lines at a restaurant, waiting for an hour or more to get a table, to wait for up to an hour to get your food. There’s nothing romantic about waiting, and waiting, and waiting.

After dinner, share a romantic bubble bath by candle light with soft music. Then cuddle into bed or back in front of the fireplace with your favorite romantic movies.

For Friends and Loved Ones

For people other than your significant other, sometimes a small token is the best. It could be a single rose (their favorite color), a small box of Godiva chocolate, taking them to lunch at a restaurant you both like, or simply a picnic together. Valentine’s Day shouldn’t be about how much money you spend. (Yeah, I know I’m ticking off the advertisers and the people who stand to make a lot of money off the holiday.) Just let the other person know you care about them in whatever fashion suits you. At the very least, pick up the phone and let them know. Or drop them a handwritten note in the snail mail. We’re not talking long drawn out love letters, just a nice little note. In this e-mail driven society, it’s kind of nice to get a hand written note or letter from time to time. Nobody takes the time to write letters by hand anymore, so to receive one is a real treat in my book.

Whatever you do, have a lovely Valentine’s Day. Share it with those who mean something to you in whatever way makes you both feel treated.

But beware, you must be careful because clickjacking, malware activity which begins by clicking on the site, carry out the action has been detected by utilizing the romance of Valentine. Page Social media also became one of the target distribution.

The findings were presented by Trend Micro, one of the internet security company. Trend Micro has discovered and identified the Valentine’s malware targeting Facebook users around the world. Malware attack, Trend Micro said, begins with the discovery of a post in the wall of users and others, which contains an invitation to click and install a theme or a theme is free to look up personally with the feel of a typical Valentine’s Day.

Trend Micro detects as TROJ_FOOKBACE.A installer, and when executed it will execute a script that displays ads from certain sites. For users who clicked and installed through the Google Chrome browser and Mozilla Firefox, malware by itself will lead to the installation of a Facebook Environment / Facebook.com that appears in the top right tab the user’s Facebook page. Furthermore, with this installing application, then the malware it will monitor the activities of users at once directed to a page survey, which asks you to enter your phone number. For those who use the Internet Explorer browser, without installing a Facebook Environment, you will be immediately directed to the survey page.

From observation of the activity of Trend Micro’s browser, TROJ_FOOBACE.A to date not indicated to perform data theft techniques. However, Trend Micro, still gives a warning that users remain wary of traps for free nuanced this Valentine theme.